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ATURALLY, the first thing you want to know about the feader. 


lite. System, is the principle by which it operates. Briefly 
a fader iter. System, consists of one or more heavy air- 


tight cylindrical steel tanks, and a special type of pump, arranged 
to be operated by hand or power. 


Water cannot be compressed, but air is elastic and can be com- 
pressed into smaller space. 

When a pneumatic tank is spoken of as empty, it is not strictly empty, but is full 
of air. Near the bottom of each tank are ‘two openings, one being an inlet pipe from 
the pump and the other an outlet pipe to supply plumbing fixtures, hydrants, ete. 

When the outlet pipe is closed, and water is pumped into the tank through the 
inlet pipe, the air already in the tank, being elastic, and having no way to escape, is 
compressed into smaller space in the upper part of the tank, the water occupying the 
lower part. 

As additional water is pumped in, and rises in the tank, the air is compressed more 
and more. On account of its elasticity and its effort to regain its usual form, it begins 
to exert a pressure against the sides of the tank and the water below it. 

The pressure of the air increases rapidly as more water is pumped into the tank, 
so that when a faucet or other fixture connected with the discharge pipe is opened, 
the water is forced out through the fixture with the compressed air in the tank behind 
it as its propelling force. 

This is the principle on which the flader Water System, is constructed. It is 


as old as the hills — its application is simplicity itself. 


DER WATER SYSTEM with tank half LEADER WATER SYSTEM with tank 
Reale and half full of water. Pressure 15 three-fourths full of water. Pressure 45 
pounds to the square inch. pounds. The same air but more compressed. 


The first thing — the bzg idea that will impress you 
when you come to know more about the fader Water 
System, — is its absolute simplicity of operation. 

The part that compressed air plays — the ease with 
which it wipes out the drudgeries of water-carrying in 
homes, farms, country estates, and institutions; the 
heavy, air-tight cylindrical steel tank, a special type of 
pump or compressor, operated either by hand or power 


—and other features here pointed out, will astonish 
you in their marvelous effectiveness. 

Yet the principle is not new. You will wonder why it has not been made use 
of in this way before. You will wonder why unreliable house-top tanks, gravity 
systems and almost primitive water-carrying methods have been tolerated so long. And 
when you learn just how compressed air in connection with the /feader /fater 
SViLemM, is so easy to put to practical, every day use in your home or on your place, 


you will not be satisfied with anything else. 


Why the Seeder Pater System, is Reliable. 


The pneumatic steel tank of any feader fate. System, may be placed 
in the basement of the dwelling, in a separate building, or buried in the ground at 
any conyenient point. The main thing is to place it where there is no danger of freez- 
img. “The smaller sizes are designed to set upright, or can be had to lay horizontally. 

It is not necessary to place the tank close to the pump, as the line of pipe 
connecting the pump and the tank may be as long as desired. Likewise, the tank 
need not be located in or close to the dwelling, if it is advisable to place it at a distance. 

The pumps ordinarily required for use with fader Yaater Systems, are force 


pumps of a special pattern. However, you may already have a pump that would 


answer the purpose and save you some money. If so, make a note of this on the 


information blank which you return to us. 


Inasmuch as there is a great variation in depths of wells, and in the distance from 
spring, lake or river or other source of supply, it is necessary for us to have definite 
information on these points, in order to decide what pump is best adapted to the con- 
ditions. Different types of pumps are used, depending upon the depth to water, the 
quantity required, and especially the kind of power to be used in operating. 

In practice it is found advisable to pump into the tank some excess air, to exert 
additional pressure so that it may be possible to force all of the water out of the tank 
to the second floor of a dwelling. Of course this excess air is not altogether necessary 
and the amount may vary. It simply makes it possible to secure water under satisfac- 
tory pressure when the supply in the tank is low. 

To offset a slight absorption of the compressed air by the water in the tank, it 
is desirable from time to time to pump into the tank a small amount of air to replace 
this loss. feader Water Systems, are designed to make this pumping of extra air 
as nearly automatic as possible. The smaller outfits have pumps equipped with 
air compressor attachments which pump air with the water when desired. 
The larger outfits have separate air compressors arranged to be available when 
needed. Under normal conditions it is only necessary to pump additional air into the 


tank about once a month. 

These precautions to supply air should 
not be understood to mean that it is neces- 
sary to pump air in order to force the 
water out of the tank. Ordinarily, when 
full the tank will contain about one-third 
air and two-thirds water. Only a very 
small quantity of air is pumped at any 
one time, simply to replace any that may 
be lost by absorption from time to time. 
You will readily appreciate that pumping 
air in order to force the water through 
pipes is a very costly proposition and is 
not the method in use with a flader 


Ye. System. 


UTFIT FIGURE 116-E is an ideal 
outfit for a small home where only 

a reasonable amount of water is 

used daily, and where it is desired to use 
ahand pump. It may be installed in the 
basement and the water pumped from a 
well or cistern where the level of the water 


is not more than 20 feet below the pump. 


Tank is 30 inches in diameter by 6 feet 
in height, and has a total capacity of 
220 gallons and a working capacity of 160 
gallons. It will require about 30 minutes 
to pump the tank up to its working capac- 
ity and should require but a few minutes 
each day to keep up the supply. Tank 
can also be had to lay horizontally. 


About Zeer Pneumatic Tanks 


It is readily seen that in order to get perfect results from such a system of water 
supply, great care must be taken that the tank in which both air and water are 
confined is absolutely air-tight, and so constructed that it will remain air-tight always. 

feader. pneumatic tanks are cylindrical in shape. They are made of the very 
best tank steel that money can buy. The heads are made of flange steel having a 
tensile strength of 60,000 pounds to the square inch. 

The steel used on /éader tanks is much heavier than is actually required to 
confine the air and water under high pressure. For’ instance, on the smallest #2ader 
tank made, which is 24 inches in diameter and 5 feet high, the shell is made of steel 
;*5 inch thick and the heads are | inch. The rivets are very closely spaced, there be- 
ing a double row on the longitudinal seams, and all seams are very carefully caulked. 

On a popular size feader tank, 48 inches by 10 feet, which has a total capacity 
of 1,000 gallons, the shell is made of }-inch steel and the heads of 3-inch. This makes 
a stiff, heavily built tank which will stand hard usage, and will not leak air under high 
pressure. 

All feader pneumatic tanks are tested to an air and water pressure of 125 
pounds to the square inch, which is much more than is ever used in daily practice. 

Every tank is very carefully inspected after each operation in its manufacture, 
and all imperfect work is discarded. When a #éader pneumatic tank leaves our 
factory it is as nearly perfect as special hydraulic machinery and human ingenuity 
can make it. 


Notice the large heavy rivets and their close spacing, the solidly riveted girth 


seams and the general air of business about this tank. 


Galvanized Tanks. 


The regular Zéader pneumatic tanks furnished by us are manufactured from 
black steel plate. These are found to be perfectly satisfactory except in some localities 
where the chemical action of the water is such as to cause the deposit of scale and 


rust inside the tank. 


In such cases we are prepared to furnish feader pneumatic tanks galvanized 
inside and out in any size up to six feet in diameter and any length. The galvanizing will 
positively prevent any trouble of this kind and will insure the cleanliness of the water 


if it is clean when pumped into the tank. 


The cost of the galvanized tank is but little more than that of the regular style and 
if any doubt exists as to the condition of the water, it would be safer to specify a gal- 


vanized tank. 


Complete Outfits For All Requirements. 


Throughout this book are shown fader fYater Systems, designed to work under 


various conditions. Outfits are furnished 
to be operated by hand, gas, gasoline, steam 
or hot air engine, hydraulic ram, windmill, 
or any other style of power desired. 


For the smallest cottage as well as for 
the largest institution there is a suitable 
size. Plants large enough for village and 
town waterworks can also be furnished. 
Information on public service plants of this 
character will be given on application. 

While the outfits shown herewith are 
complete and arranged for specific uses, 
they are naturally largely suggestive. Vari- 
ations of these are constantly being built 
to fit local conditions. Larger or smaller 
tanks designed for different forms of power 
and various changes in the pumps will be 
made when deemed advisable. 

A system can be furnished to use such 
engine, motor or windmill as you may 
already own, and often the pump you are 
now using can be utilized. 


When you fill out our information 
blank you thereby give us data which 
enables us to recommend an outfit exactly 
suited to your individual requirements, 
and this obligates you in no way to buy. 


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UTFIL FIGURE 127-E. is a very 

popular one of its class, being design- 
: ed to pump from a shallow well or 
eistern. The tank is equipped with our 
new Leader Automatic Air Regulator, 
which makes it possible to maintain the 
proper amount of air in the tank at all 
times without extra attention. Should 
more air be needed in the tank this device 
automatically opens the air compressor 
attachment .on the pump, which then 
pumps air with the water until the supply 
in the tank is again normal. The tank 
shown is 30 inches in diameter and 8 
feet long, having a total capacity of 295 
gallons and a working capacity of 220 
gallons. 


A short 
time ago a gentleman at 
Baltimore wrote to Mr. 
J.P. Goodhart, New Haven, Conn., the 
owner of the beautiful summer home 
shown herewith, asking for his experi- 
ence with the LEADER WATER 
SYSTEM. Among other thing she says: 
“This is my third year’s experience 
since the installation of the plant in my 
summer home. When the system was first 
proposed to me, I had some misgivings 
as to its efficacy, but I must candidly say 
that as a result of my experience I have 
absolutely no longer any doubt as to its 
efficiency and value. From the time of 
its installation until now I have never 
had one minute’s trouble with it in any 
respect whatsoever, and when attention 
is called to the fact that it is in actual, 
almost daily use for a period of between 
six and seven months in each year the 
record is indeed one attesting the great 
value of the LEADER SYSTEM. I 


attribute its success somewhat to the 


fact that the theory of its operation is- 


very simple and because it requires very 
little personal attention.” 


highest skill and brains of trained men. 


To design and build a water system that 


will always give satisfaction demands _ the 


The 
engineering department is therefore one 
of the most vital features of our organ- 
ization, under the direct, personal charge 
of the president of the company. It 
is further augmented by men of wide, 
practical experience. 

Every new device or improvement on 
an old one is accordingly first thoroughly 
tested and proven under all conditions before 
We 


then know that it will work — give satisfac- 


being made a part of our equipment. 


tion — and is worthy of our endorsement. 

In cases where any regular outfit will not 
exactly fit the specific requirements or satisfac- 
torily overcome your water supply problems, 
the engineering department will design an out- 
For 
this‘work or for preliminary sketches and ad- 


fit that will do so under all conditions. 


vice of this character — there is absolutely no 
charge. 


Even though you should purchase a 
feader. fitter. System, through your local 
dealer, you should fill in the information blank 
and ask us to recommend the outfit best suited 
for your use. 


Mr. C. G. Clark, Westtown, N. Y., whose 


home is shown here, says: 
“One of the most satisfactory arrange- 


ments we have is your LEADER WATER 
SYSTEM. We have been using it now for 
over a year and have always had plenty of 
water, and the cost so far for gasoline has 
been Jess than four dollars. This seems 
almost incredible, considering the amount of 
water we have used at the house, besides 
supplying barn with water for two horses, a 
pony, acetylene plant, washing wagons, also 
sprinkling lawn, etc., etc.” 


The Seadex Trade Mark. 


In all probability you have by this time become familiar with the trade mark of the 


Leader Yon fforks,. 


Trade Mark 


Registered. 


This word fader, in the style in which it is used, is registered in the United 
States Patent Office, and stands for the very highest quality that is possible to put into 
the articles on which it appears. It will be found on every fader pneumatic tank, 


in gold, accompanied by the name and address: Seade Lronlirka, Decatur, Il. 


Should you be offered a pneumatic water system without this trade mark on the 


tank, it is not a genuine fader Hater System. 


The fact that the trade mark 


and name and address of the manufacturers are so prominent is a safeguard to the 


user — it shows that the manufacturers are not ashamed of their product. When in 


addition to this you have read carefully the 


uarantee on this page, you will see that in 
fo) v 


purchasing a feader lite. System, you 


are taking no chances that it is in the 
power of the manufacturers to prevent. 
Please note that there is no time limit 


to our guarantee. feader ater Systems, 


are built to last as long as the building in 


which they are installed. 
Guarantee. 


We guarantee each and everycom- 
plete Lader ater. System, to be of the 
best material and workmanship; that 
the tank has been tested with air and 
water pressure of 125 pounds to the 
square inch, and that it is absolutely 
air-tight when it leaves our factory. 
If any outfit or part should prove de- 
fective, after being installed in accord- 
ance with our instructions we will 
gladly furnish a new one to replace 
it free of cost, or provide a man at 
our own expense to make it perfect. 


NOTE. Material should be carefully examined 
before accepting from the Railroad Company, and if 
any part shows damage, make notation of same on 
Bill of Lading so that claim may be filed. 


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UTFIT FIGURE 105-E is arranged 

for pumpingby hand froma medium 

depth well, but it can if desired be 
operated by a windmill. This outfit is 
suitable for ordinary farm use where 
water is required for kitchen, laundry, and 
bathroom purposes. The pump is ad- 
justed to deliver water to the tank or at 
the pump as desired. Tank shown is 
30 inches in diameter and 8 feet long, 
total capacity 295 gallons, working capac- 
ity 200 gallons. 


Present Day Methods of Water Supply. 


Of course the old way of pumping water from a well by a suction or force pump 
as it is needed is in common practice and no doubt will be in use 
until the end of time. No argument is needed against it— 
it presents its 


Sixes 


own disadvantage with every trip to the 


well. 


ten, twenty trips a day to the pump—then 
the back-breaking strokes, up, down, 
up, down, and what is there to show 
for this? No matter what the weather, 
hot, cold, dusty, or in blizzard, the 


many daily trips must be taken and 


the water brought back in buckets. 


: The use of the windmill for 
; iit numping water is of course familiar 
J j ping 
ee. to you. _—_It is, however, dependent 
| fees entirely upon the velocity of the 


wind for its effectiveness. The fact that 

when most needed there is often not suff- 

cient wind to operate the pump for days ata 
time makes this method more or less undesirable. 
When a windmill is used to pump water into a féader 

pneumatic tank, the water is thus stored under pressure, to 

be used as needed. However, where this method is used, it is 

necessary to install a larger f2ader tank than would be needed with any other form 
of power, to provide against a shortage of water when there is not sufficient wind to 


operate the mill. 


Difference Between the Elevated 
Tank System and the 
Leake fiite. Syslem, 

Among other ordinary methods of water 
supply with which you are no doubt familiar 
is the gravity system, using an elevated tank 
either erected outside on a tower or in the attic 
of the building. The pressure of water was 
dependent on the height of the tank above 
the ground. 

Up to within the past few years no bet- 
ter method had been discovered. These 


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elevated tanks have done their work nobly, 
with all their disadvantages. The rapid 
introduction of the feader fUfate. System, 
however, has demonstrated that this more 
modern way was appreciated and that it had 
advantages which the elevated system could 
not approach. 

For instance, with a feader Wate. System, 
properly installed on your place you run no 
danger of damage, trouble and_ expense 
caused by the tank freezing. Since the 
feade tank is usually installed in the base- 
ment or buried in the ground below the frost 


line, the danger of freezing is limited only to exposed pipes which are not properly 


drained in severe weather. The cost of repairs which a frozen elevated tank makes 


necessary are thus saved to you by the use of a f2ader vic. System. 


On account of the fader Water 
System, being constructed of steel, it 
does not require constant painting and 
repairs. It is not exposed to the action of 
the elements — cannot decay and_ rot, 
causing loss of time, money, and temper. 

The water in a fader tank is kept 
free from dust, dirt, and vermin. ‘There 
is no possible way for the water to become 
foul and stagnant,as it is at no time exposed 
to the outside air from the time it leaves 
the well until it is drawn from the faucet 
for use. No foreign substance of any kind 
can get into it—it is drawn from the 
pipes fresh and sparkling. 

The elevated tank must of necessity 
be subject to damage by wind storm 
and lightning, with the constant danger of 
being blown over and causing damage to 
adjacent property and loss of life. With 


a feader Ute. System, installed in the 


basement or buried in the ground, there 
is no possibility of such damage, as the 
plant all rests on solid earth. 

The water in the fader tank is also 
kept cool in summer and well above the 


Mil 


UTFIT FIGURE 110-E is intended 

for deep well use and to be operat- 

ed by windmill or hand and is exten- 
sively used on farms where many head of 
stock are to be watered. The liberal tank 
capacity and regulating cylinder throwing 
mill in and out of gear, and the pop safety 
valve for protecting the system from high 
pressure are valuable features. The tank 
may be located in the ground at well or 
in the basement or other building away 
from danger of frost. The tank shown is 
36 inches in diameter and 10 feet long, 
total capacity 525 gallons, working capac- 
ity 350 gallons. 


The Leader 
Water System 
purchased in November, 1908, has 
a tank 30 inches by 8 feet, total 
capacity 295 gallons. My tank, 
pipe, pump and fittings cost about 
$70.00, while I have in 180 feet 
of 34-inch pipe and 65 feet of 
2-inch pipe. I find no trouble in 
pumping, as 15 pounds takes the 
water any place in the house I 
desire. 

Yours very respectfully, 

VERVEN BRADEN, 


R. F. D. No. 2, Clinton, IIl. 


' ei 
freezing point in winter, on account of the location. 
In winter it may be kept as warm or as cool as the 
basement will allow. On the other hand an elevated 
tank supplies water in summer that is warm and 
often stagnant and not fit to drink. 


icy cold, and not satisfactory for watering stock. 


In winter it is 


The danger from an open tank in the 
attic comes from its heavy weight on 
floors and walls, and the damage from 
leakage to walls and furnishings below. 
The usual allowable weight on floors in an ordi- 
nary building is about seventy pounds to the square 
foot, whereas an open tank only three feet deep when 
filled makes a dead weight of about two hundred 
pounds to the square foot. 


There is present with the attic tank the same dan- 
ger of tank and pipes freezing in winter, and hot, 
stagnant water in summer. Dead birds, mice and 
“wigelers’” make the water an interesting study. 


Why not avoid all this and install a feader 
vite. System, in the first place ? 


To get a satisfactory pressure of say 60 pounds to the square inch (which is the 


normal pressure carried in a féader tank), it is necessary to erect an elevated tank 


136 feet high. 


This is both costly and dangerous. 


Of course such a pressure is 


impossible to obtain in the case of the attic tank. 


This disadvantage is most noticeable when an instant and high water pressure is 


needed in the case of fire. 


Of what use is an attic or elevated tank twenty or 


thirty feet high when there is a blaze on the roof of the house twenty-five feet from the 


ground ? 


A powerful stream from a feader /fiter. System, at such a time will 


save many dollars and much discomfort. 


The Graham Farm at East Corinth, Maine, has a LEADER WATER SYSTEM with two 


large tanks. 


are a great thing.” 


Here is what they say: 
“We find them satisfactory in every way. 


They do all that is claimed for them. They 


As a Fire Protection. 


The danger of fire in suburbs, small towns and 
country is one of the little thought of calamities, 
whereas it should be a thing to be guarded against 
with as much care and forethought as a pestilence. 

The owner of a city home not only provides him- 
self with ample insurance against loss by fire, for both 
his home and goods, but insists upon the city in 
which he lives making ample provision in its fire 
department and its waterworks plant to protect 
him against any possible chance of such a loss. 

But what about the resident living away from 
city conveniences and too far from a fire department 
or city water mains to expect any help therefrom ? 


Has he done everything possible to protect his home, his goods, and his family from 


the dangers and losses incident to a costly 
conflagration? At a distance from neigh- 
bors of from a few hundred yards to sey- 
eral miles, what hope is there cf help to 
extinguish a fire without causing the loss 
of home and household goods, much of 
which cannot be covered by a fire insur- 
ance policy, no matter how much is carried 
nor how liberal the policy. Fire in the 
home without protection in most cases 
means a total loss. The burning of a barn 
means the loss of the barn and contents, 
possibly live stock, and particularly the 
means of feeding the stock that may be 
rescued. A cold, stormy day in winter is 
no time for the taking of risks, nor a windy 
day in autumn when everything is as dry 
as tinder. 

The home owner in the country is not 
in a position to take as much risk as the 
city man—his equipment for fighting fire is 
less, his prospective loss greater. 

With the foader Ytte. System, in- 
stalled on his place, he has an ever ready 
friend in case of need. A stream of water 
under ample pressure can be turned upon 
the first blaze, and no large city fire depart- 
ment will help more. 


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UTFIT FIGURE 141-E is intended 
for a medium sized residence and 
the pump is designed to be operated 

by gasoline engine or by hand as desired. 
The equipment of this outfit is exactly the 
same as that of Figure 115-E shown in 
the basement of the cottage on pages 16 
and 17 except that it is provided with a 
one and one-half horse power LEADER- 
DOMESTIC gasoline engine and pump 
jack. Tank has a total capacity of 315 
gallons and a working capacity of 225 
gallons. The engine may be used for 
operating other light machinery when not 
in use for pumping. 


Running Water in the Kitchen. 


You of course realize the necessity of running water in the kitchen. Whether the 
source of supply is a deep or shallow well, cistern, spring, lake or river, the water will 
“run up hill”? with ample pressure to supply the kitchen sink, if a fader ater 
System, is in use. 

What a satis‘action to you to turn 
a faucet at the kitchen sink and find a 
rushing, gushing stream of clear, 
sparkling water, with ample force and 
under complete control, ready at any 
time, day or night, for its allotted task. 

Another faucet will furnish you 
with hot water as needed. One 
pipe from the feader Water. System, 


may be connected with a coil in 


the heating plant, kitchen range, or separate water heater, the hot water being stored 
in a range boiler, with the air pressure in the feade. tank to force it where needed. 

Where you can obtain either natural or 
artificial gas to heat the water, a special 
instantaneous hot water heater may be installed, 
which heats the water as it is needed, winter or 
summer, without the necessity of storing it in 
the range boiler. 

What more can you desire in the kitchen 
than a plentiful, satisfying, dependable supply 
of running water, both hot and cold, ready at 
the turn of the faucet? Only one thing — that 


is soft water as well as hard. 


In writing of the LEADER WATER SYSTEM installed on his farm shown below, Mr. J. 
W. Manson of Pittsfield, Maine, says: 

“The tank is situated in the cellar of the house. ‘The pump house is the little building shown 
at the left of the cow barn, in which there is an electric motor that pumps the water in the tank. 
To the extreme left and one-fifth of a mile distant from the farmhouse and at least forty feet higher 
than the farmhouse is situated a bungalow in which I live during the summer, and in which I 
have a complete water system supplied from this tank, and it is entirely satisfactory. There is 
always plenty of water and plenty of force, although I have never tried to see how much force 
I could have. It is sufficient for all purposes in that bungalow and highly satisfactory.” 


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Soft Water, as Well as Hard. 


For the average home hard water is 
necessary, but is also undesirable in 
many ways. Where it is possible to use 
cistern water as well as that from a well 
or spring, a combination of the two 
makes a more complete plant and one 
that is more adaptable to every use. 

For laundry use as well as nearly all 
kitchen purposes, soft water is much 


more desirable. For washing the hair 


it is almost a necessity. While it is possible to obtain soaps and washing powders that 


will to some extent soften hard water, at the same time few of them are of much value. 
With a combination of two feader pneumatic tanks, soft water as well as hard 
can be furnished. This combination can be made in several ways, one of the most 


satisfactory of which is the use of a water 
lift which utilizes the pressure of the hard 
water as it comes from the hard water tank 
through the pipes. ‘This pressure operates 
the water lift which pumps soft water of a 
lesser amount into a second tank and stores 
it there under pressure, available for use at 
any time. ‘This combination is shown in 
our Fig. 21-E outfit on page 18. This 
arrangement does not interfere in the 
least with the use of the hot water pipe 
connection from either the soft or hard 
water tanks. 

Another very effective method and one 
generally in use in cities or suburbs where 
electric power is available, is the use of a 
small combined electric motor and pump. 
This motor can be arranged to operate 
automatically from an electric light current 
so that when the tank becomes sufficiently 
full of water or filled to any prearranged 
pressure, the switch controlling the motor 
is automatically thrown out and when the 
pressure is reduced to a point also pre- 
arranged, the motor is thrown into gear 
again and pumps the pressure up to the 
maximum amount desired in the tank. 
feade. Outfit Fig. 185-E, on page 29, 


illustrates such an arrangement. 


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adapted for supplying both hard and 

soft water for household use. Only 
one pump is required, it being our regular 
combined air and water hand pump. It 
is so connected and arranged with valves 
that either kind of water may be pumped 
at will into either tank desired, provided 
the water in well and cistern is at no 
greater vertical depth below pump than 
20 feet. A114 horse power LEADER- 
DOMESTIC hopper-cooled gasoline engine 
is connected by means of a pump jack 
so that it is possible to handle about 300 
gallons of water per hour. The engine 
may also be used for running other light 
machinery. Any size tanks can be used, 
placed either vertically or horizontally. 
The tanks shown each have a total capac- 
ity of 315 gallons and a working capacity 
of 225 gallons. 


() jane FIGURE 171-E is especially 


The Bath Room. 


HAT is the bathroom to yow without water? How exasperated 
you become to find the supply insufficient, the pressure weak, just 
when needed. For you to get the full measure of satisfaction 
from either the most elaborate or modest of bathrooms, you must 
have water delivered in abundance, under ample pressure so as to 
be available when needed. The fader fUaate. System, is de- 

signed for just such service. 

Marble floors and tiling, beautiful mirrors, porcelain enamel fixtures, harmonious 
walls and furnishings — this is the ideal bathroom. Be it ever so pleasing in appear- 
ance, convenient in arrangement and altogether delightful, nothing else matters if the 


water supply is not satisfactory. 

The fader System, furnishes you with the necessary pressure to deliver 
both hot and cold water, and soft water as well as hard, at any time, day or night, to 
the bathroom, wherever located. 

A quick dip in the morning, a vigorous rub-down, and the day starts with snap 
and energy. ‘The bath may be tub or shower, the water hot or cold. No time need 


be lost — the water is on tap when needed. 


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At evening, after the toil and heat of the day, when perspiration and dust have 


formed their grimy coating, what a feeling of restfulness and pleasure comes from a 
warm shower or plunge in the tub and a dash of cold water after it. 

No less important is an ample pressure of water for the lavatory and closet. These 
fixtures require a constant and dependable pressure at all times. 

You may have every advantage of the finest hotel or city apartment bath in the 


isolated home, when a feader Water System, is installed on the place. 


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feader lite. System, Figure 115-E shown in the basement of this cottage, is 
especially designed for use in small and medium-sized homes and will supply a family 
of from two to eight persons satisfactorily. It is a very popular outfit, having sufficient 
capacity for supplying water to kitchen, laundry and bathroom. It will pump from 
a well or cistern where the water level is not more than twenty feet below the pump. 
The tank regularly furnished is 36 inches in diameter and 6 feet high, having a total 
capacity of 315 gallons and will deliver about 225 gallons when pumped to 45 pounds 
pressure. A few minutes pumping each day is sufficient to keep an ordinary family 


supplied. 
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The Laundry. 


Tlowever well arranged the laundry may be, it is never complete without an ample 
supply of running water, both hot and cold, convenient for instant use. 
Whether portable or stationary tubs are used, there is entire satisfaction with the 
water supply when it is furnished by a fader fate. System,. Water is piped 
ay 


where it is wanted, under ample pressure. It is not 


, necessary to go further than the faucet for all the water 
needed, and the old bucket-carrying method is forever 
banished. Washing machines are now made which use the 
pressure from such a system to do the washing. These machines 


will work satisfactorily where the plant is operated by power. 


UTFIT FIG. 21-E shows a system 

of modern plumbing arranged for 

hard and soft water. ‘The hard 
water is supplied from either deep or 
shallow well, and is used for laundry, 
kitchen, and sanitary purposes in the 
house, and for watering stock, sprink- 
ling, ete., out of doors. The pressure 
of the water from the hard water tank 
is used to operate a water lift which 
pumps a lesser amount of water out of 
the cistern and stores it in a smaller 
pneumatic tank in the basement, thus 
supplying soft water for kitchen, laun- 
dry, and bathing purposes throughout 
the house. This arrangement is entire- 
ly automatic and requires no attention 
except oiling. Where a wind-mill is 
not desirable this system can be oper- 
ated by a gasoline or hot-air engine, 
or electric motor. 


W. G. Dunham, 220 36th St., Brooklyn, N. Y., whose home is shown below says, ““The 
system has worked very satisfactorily for some four years that I have had it in and I have never 
been out of water on account of repairs.” 


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Filtered Water. 


Nature's method of purifying water is to filter it through stone. Hence the purity 
of artesian and deep well water. To do this artificially is a very slow process, so slow 
that it will not admit of water being drawn directly from the filter for use. By forcing 
the water through a stone filter and then storing it in 
a feaderx tank, a supply of absolutely pure water is 
always to be had. No other method except city ser- 
vice will furnish enough pressure to successfully do 
this work. Two tanks are usually used, the pressure 
from one tank forcing the impure water through the 
filter into the other, from whence it is drawn for use. 


Where the public water supply in cities is not 
clean and_ pure, feader pneumatic tanks are 
used to store the water under pressure after it has passed through the filter. 


Water Purified by Aeration. 


A very important advantage of the 
feader. fate. System, is the purifi- 
cation of the 
water when 
some air is 
pumped into 
the tank. As 
you of course 
know, the con- 
finement of 


water under 
pressure, es- 


pecially where the tank is located in a cool UTFIT FIGURE 156-E may be 


used where windmill may ordinarily 


place, is highly beneficial to the water. 

The oxygen in the air destroys the impuri- 
ties in the water and by our plan of pumping 
into the tank a small amount of air with 
the water, the water is erated — bubbles 
of air pass through it and purify it. 

The water when drawn from the tank 
is much clearer and cleaner than when 
pumped in. Water containing minerals 
in solution, and cistern and well water 
that is otherwise thought unhealthful is 
in this way often improved and rendered 
palatable. 


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be expected to furnish the power to 
operate it, but where a gasoline engine 
may also be used as needed, or the pump 
can be operated by hand. The pump is 
adapted for use where the water is not 
more than 20 feet below the platform. 
The tank is 42 inches in diameter and 
10 feet long, having a total capacity of 
720 gallons and a working capacity of 480 
gallons. The large capacity makes this 
especially desirable for watering stock 
as well as for household purposes. 


Supplying Several Homes From One System. ; 


Many feader Yate. Systems, are in use to 


supply a number of separate, detached homes or 
buildings with water under pressure, in the same 
way as a city waterworks. This reduces the 
first cost of the plant and also necessitates but 
one source of supply. 

This is often done in villages or city suburbs 
where a public supply is not available and is a 
very important advantage in case of fire, 


furnishing a much larger storage capacity to 


be drawn from when needed. Very little attention is necessary to such a 
plant, if properly installed. A separate pump house is shown in the illustration, from 


which several homes are supplied. 


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The Debenture Corporation, 
who built these homes, say: 


“It gives us pleasure to say 
that the LEADER WATER 
SYSTEM installed by your 
company on our Huntington 
Terrace property is working 
very successfully. 

“We have a 5000-gallon pres- 
sure tank sunk below the frost 
line, and we have placed our 
water mains 44 feet, connecting 
the pipes with the different 
houses and bungalows which 
we have built. 


“These houses have baths, 
closets and all conveniences, 
and we are able to supply 
satisfactory pressure. We esti- 
mate, if worked up to the limit, 
that we could have a pumping 
capacity of 40,000 gallons per 
day.” 


DEBENTURE CORPORATION 
or New York, 
Fifth Avenue and 33rd Street, 
New York City, N. Y. 


The LEADER WATER SYSTEM I 
purchased nearly three years ago consists of 
a tank of about 350 gallons’ capacity, 
together with hand pump and_ necessary 
connections. As remember, the cost 
including freight, and drayage was about 
$75.00. I believe we have had more satisfac- 
tion and convenience in the running water 
that this outfit gives us than any similar 
amount of money spent. It has been in con- 
tinuous service and has never given us any 
trouble in any way. A small amount of 
pumping each day gives us all the water 
irecessary for the day. 

Yours truly, C. M. CrumBaker, 

Duncan Falls, Ohio. 


Safeguarding the Family Health. 


You of course appreciate the value of running water in cleanliness and the ease 
with which the surroundings can be kept sanitary. The very fact that the fader Water 


System, furnishes an ample supply of 


running water for kitchen, bathroom, 
laundry and any other use about the place 
makes cleanliness possible and easy to 
every user of it. 

With a feadan fate. System, 
installed in your home it is no longer 
necessary for any one to go out of doors to 
well or cistern for a bucket of water. 
Pneumonia, grip, bronchitis and _pleurisy, 
are all caused by just such exposure — 
and there is no further need to take such 
chances. 

The outside water closet is now no 
longer needed. With modern bathroom 
equipment and drainage to sewer or cess- 
pool, the necessity of going out of doors in 
all kinds of weather is forever banished. 
As a preventative of colds and disease, 


this use of the flader Yate. System, is 


surely a valuable aid to health. 

The removal of the closet vault means 
less danger of contamination of the water 
in the well — and the effectual prevention 
of the dreaded typhoid is thereby possible. 

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UTFIT FIGURE 151-E illustrates 
avery popular plant using a horizon- 
tal power pump, the size shown in 
the picture having a pumping capacity of 


720 gallons per hour. It is intended for 
shallow well or cistern, and is equipped 
with an intake air valve. The same style 
pump can be had with a capacity of 
1,300, 2,000 or 3,000 gallons perhour. The 
engine shown is our two-horse power 
LEADER-DOMESTIC engine of the air 
cooled type which can not be injured by 
freezing. The tank shown is 42 inches in 
diameter and 14 feet long, having a total 
capacity of 1,000 gallons and a working 
capacity of 665 gallons. 


heating, plumbing, 
and Leader Water 
System was all pur- 
chased at the same time. 


: We have a 
complete outfit in bathroom; tub, lava- 
tory, water closet, and hot and cold water, 


as well as sink in the kitchen. We have 
a hot water range boiler in the cellar as 
well as heater; use hand pump and 
pump up to 20 to 30 pounds once a week. 
I think it cost me about $250.00, and it is 
worth twice that for convenience. Every 
farmer as well as town people ought to put 
in a Leader Water System. We also have 
a hot water heating plant, but if we had 
to take out one of the two we would take 
out the hot water heating plant and keep 
the Leader Water System. 

Yours truly, 

F. M. Baxer, 
Woodlawn, Ill. 


Water on the Stock Farm. 


Food and water are the essentials for the 
production of “top notchers’’ on the stock 
farm. Whether in winter or summer, the 
matter of a first-class water supply must not 
be lost sight of. The foader Yiter 

System, furnishes a dependable supply 
of water for such use under as much 
pressure as desired. 

The water furnished by the f2ader 

System, is neither freezing cold in winter, 
nor hot and stagnant in summer. If the tank 
is buried deep ‘enough in the ground the 
temperature of the water will remain nearly 


The tank can be 


so situated in the ground as to furnish water 


the same the year round. 


practically as cool as in the well itself, or by 
placing it in the basement the water is kept 
as cool in summer as the basement will allow, 
and the temperature in winter is right for 
wateringstock. By running the water through 
a coil of pipe in furnace or water heater, 
the water may be warmed as much as desired. 


When considering a fader Hater. System, 


for a stock farm, a plant amply large should be installed. The mistake too often made 
on the farm is to put in a plant with not enough storage capacity. The proportionate 
cost of the larger tank is less, while it requires less frequent pumping and maintains 


a more even pressure at all times. 


Where a windmill is used for power it is 
necessary to use a larger tank than when a gaso- 
line engine or some other form of power is 
used. The fact that for days at a time the wind 
will not furnish enough power to pump water 
makes it advisable to store enough water in the 
pneumatic tank to supply all needs for several 
days at a time. 


On the Dairy Farm. 


It is needless to say that on the dairy farm a 
proper water supply is of the utmost importance. 


It is not only important that the cows have water that is pure and clean, but it must 


be kept ata temperature that will not chill and at the same time is not too warm. 


The feader Wate. System, solves this problem perfectly. By installing in 
the basement of the house a feader pneumatic tank, the water is pumped into it 


from well, lake or spring by a pump located 
at any desired point. The pump may be 
in the basement also, where it can be oper- 
ated by gas or gasoline engine, electric motor 
hot air engine or other power. If located at 
the well it ean be operated by a windmill, 
or an engine installed there to run_ it 
regularly. 

The very fact that the tank is located in 
the basement makes it proof against freezing, 
Individual watering troughscan be provided 
in the barn, one for each animal, if desired. 
The water can be turned into these several 
times a day as needed, and it will be of the 
right temperature. A valve can be placed 
in the discharge pipe near the tank, so that 
it is only necessary to open this for a few 
moments and water will rush into the 
troughs without the necessity of any one 
going to the barn. This arrangement is a 
great convenience in bad weather. 

A feader fate. System, on the dairy 
farm means more butter fat, hence more 


profit, and is a most valuable “hired 
hand.’ 


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UTFIT FIGURE 181-E illustrates 

avery compact and attractive outfit 

for use where water can be obtained 
at a depth of not more than 20 feet below 
the pump. A LEADER-DOMESTIC com- 
bined engine and pump as shown can be 
had in capacity up to 2,000 gallons per 
hour. A convenient device provides for 
throwing the pump out of gear and the 
engine may be used to furnish power for 
other purposes as desired. This outfit is 
equipped with the LEADER Automatic 
Air Regulator for keeping tank constantly 
supplied with the proper amount of air. 
When the engine is started the LEADER 
Automatic Circuit Breaker will stop it 
when the pressure in the tank has been 
pumped up to the desired point. These 
two devices and the combined engine 
and pump provide the most complete 
plant operated by a gasoline engine to be 
had on the market. 


I, O. O. F. Home, Groton, Conn. 


The LEADER WATER SYSTEM is designed for use in both large and small buildings 
and is adapted to any size installations. Above is shown one of the larger jobs that have been 
installed recently, and is an example of the perfect and satisfactory work done by our system. 

This system consists of two large LEADER pneumatic tanks, each 9 feet in diameter and 40 
feet long, buried in the ground. ‘The pump is a 2} by 4-inch triplex, driven by a three- 
horse-power LEADER DOMESTIC gasoline engine. 

The water is pumped from a spring located 1200 feet distant and at a vertical depth of 
100 feet from the pump. 

‘The pressure in the LEADER tanks is pumped up to 70 pounds and never allowed to vary’ 
more than 10 pounds, so that there is always a high pressure available for use in case of fire. Fire 
protection is given by a line of 2-inch pipe in each building with 2-inch hose and reels located in 
the hall on each floor. .The house supply is kept at a pressure of about 25 pounds at all times 
by the use of our reducing valves. 

The engine is supplied with a LEADER automatic circuit breaker, which automatically 
stops it when the pressure in the tanks is up to the maximum carried. 

The LEADER WATER SYSTEM was installed by the advice of the committee after a thor- 
ough investigation, instead of a stand-pipe which was designed in the specifications of the engineer. 
The number of inmates at the present time is about 50 people. 


— - Three years ago I purchased one of your Leader 

a Water Systems with hand pump for my residence. 

It takes about eight minutes’ time each day to 

operate it. This gives us a very complete water 

system of our own, and we would not be without 

this system of hot and cold water through our 

house for many times the cost. Tt cost about 

$145.00 complete. The plant has a working 
capacity of 200 gallons. 

Yours truly, Joun T. Bricas, 
Pittsfield, Il. 


On the Poultry Farm. 


Poultry keeping is profitable when rightly 
conducted. Most poultry farms are not so sit- 


uated that city water may be had. The feader 
lite. System, offers the solution of this 
problem — supplies clean, fresh, pure running 
water to drinking troughs, both in_pens and 
house, as well as to pool and fountain for the 
water fowls. It also supplies water under 
ample pressure for flushing and_ scrubbing 


the pens and houses. The water should be 


changed often. The use of a hose in cleaning the pens makes for healthier fowls. 


About the Greenhouse and Nursery. 


A dependable water supply is indispensable in the greenhouse. That is no place 


to take chances—a water system that 
works twenty-four hours in every day and 
three hundred and sixty-five days in every 
year, without a hitch, is needed there — 
that is what the feader Wate. System, 
will do. Any pressure desired may be 
had to foree warm water or cool through- 
out the place. 


The nursery requires water for irrigat- 
ing, spraying and sprinkling, and with a 
feader System, installed at the pump 
house or residence, water may be piped to 
hydrants and faucets at any part of the 
grounds. 


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pump 


UTFIT FIGURE183-E is especially 
constructed for pumping from a deep 
well, and can use any size cylinder 

up to 4 inches in diameter. This plant 
is of Jarge capacity and is adapted for use 
on farms and in hotels and institutions 
where much water is required. The 
LEADER-DOMESTIC Deep Well Pump- 
er can be furnished in either two or three 
horse power and can be arranged to 
rom 300 to 1,000 gallons per hour. 
The size of the tank can be varied to suit 
local conditions. This outfit also has 
LEADER Automatic Air Regulator for 
keeping up the air supply, and LEADER 
Automatic Circuit Breaker, for stopping 
the engine when pressure is sufficient. 


Belmont County Children’s Home, Tacoma, Ohio. 
This institution is supplied by a LEADER WATER SYSTEM using two large tanks each 


54 inches in diameter by 20 feet long. This furnishes an ample supply of running water all over the 
buildings and also carries high pressure for fire protection. ‘This is a very important need in 
such an isolated institution, and it is possible in such a case to carry a fire pressure of 75 to 100 
pounds regularly if desired. 

The superintendent, Mr. T. W. Branson, has this to say of the LEADER WATER SYS- 
TEM: “‘I wish to say that the outfit is very satisfactory, and furnishes us sufficient water for all 
our requirements. I think your plant is “number one’ and will be very glad to answer more 
inquiries and recommend it to any one whom you refer to me.” 


On the Truck Farm. 


The secret of the market gardener’s success 
lies in his ability to deliver to his trade fruits and 
vegetables that are in prime condition at just the 
time when prices are the best. Farming a com- 
paratively small piece of ground, by the use of 
a feader ater. System, he may have running 
water available at hydrants convenient to all 
parts of his place. He can then sprinkle and 
irrigate his crops at his own pleasure, knowing 


that he need have no fear of a crop failure for 
lack of rain. No longer need he take to market 
blackberries dried to the seed, nor melons small and shriveled, and his family may 
enjoy the comfort of running water in the house as well. 


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The Cost of the Leader Water System for This Home, Including 
Engine and Pump House, Was $292.65. 


The pump and other fixtures which go 
with it cost me $82.65. For pumping I use a 
gasoline engine which cost $135.00. My 
well is outside with a building over it for 
my engine. I have both hot and cold water 
in my house, with a bathroom. ‘The cost of 
the building over the well and engine was 
$50.00, and all other expenses in fitting up 
was $25.00, making a total cost without 
plumbing fixtures $292.65. We like the 
system very much. It works perfectly and 
has given us no trouble whatever. 

Yours truly, H. C. Scuirrer 1, 
Sheridan, N. Y. 


The Cost of the fader fiater Syslem, 


When you invest in a water supply system you naturally want one that will 


last an ordinary lifetime and that while in use will require the least care and trouble. 


It is just along these lines that the 
feade. fite. System, is built. No 
expense is spared to make the f2ader 
pneumatic tanks and pumping equipment 
as perfect as skilled workmen and modern 


machinery will admit. 


The cost of the feader Yate. System, 


you desire is a great deal like that of a 
heating plant — the local conditions affect 
the size and style so that we cannot make 
a price without knowing more about them. 
The systems shown in this book, how- 
ever, will give you an idea of the different 
kinds of plants we can furnish. 
Throughout this book are shown a 
number of homes and letters from the 
owners giving the cost of their particular 
Leader ffiter. System. 


you an idea of the range of cost. 


These will give 


You will notice that it is possible to 
It is 
never wise to buy a plant smaller than 


install a plant as large as you desire. 


needed, even though the first cost is less. 
The larger plant is always more satisfac- 
tory in its 


operation, requiring less 


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UTFIT FIGURE 165-Eillustrates a 
plant capable of pumping from a deep 
well and storing large quantities of 


water. Itis especially adapted for use in 
hotels, club houses, county farms and large 
isolated institutions. The pump will oper- 
ate a 4-inch plunger in a well 150 feet deep 
and will deliver 1200 to 1500 gallons per 
hour. The gasoline engine can bé used for 
operating other machinery as well, asit has 
ample power. The tank shown is 48 
inches in diameter and 24 feet long, hav- 
ing a total capacity of 2260 gallons and 
a working capacity of 1500 gallons. Out- 
fit Figure 175-E is a very similar plant, 
but is operated by electric motor instead 
of gasoline engine. 


attention, giving more storage capacity and making it necessary to pump less often. 

The size and style of the plant also depend much on the amount of money 
you wish to invest. Both hand and power outfits can be furnished with almost any 
size tank desired. 

To enable us to recommend a plant that will amply supply your needs, we urge 
you to fill in the information blank and return it to us for an estimate. This blank 
may seem rather long, but fill it in as completely as possible and mail it to us — then 
we can write you fully about the plant we believe best fitted for your requirements. 

We will need to know such things as the number and kind of plumbing fixtures 
for which water is required, the kind and depth of well and particularly its inside 
diameter and distance to water. Note the questions asked under number six on the 
information blank, and answer them as fully as possible. 

It may bepossible that a Zeadexr COMBINED ENGINE and PUMP or a eager 
SILENT ELECTRIC HOUSE PUMP will be all that you will need. If so, we 
will tell you. Our business is to furnish you water supply material, whether you need 
only a small hand pump costing but a few dollars, or the largest water system made. 


Where to Buy the fader Water System, 


When you return the information blank to us, you will give us an opportunity 
to furnish you information on the size and style of plant adapted to your needs, and 
an estimate of its cost, without any obligation on your part. 


It may be that you would prefer to purchase a flader Water System, through 
your local plumber, pump man, hardware or implement dealer. Hand him the in- 
formation blank filled out, and he will make you an estimate on the plant installed 
complete, including plumbing. We do not furnish plumbing fixtures. 

To make prompt shipments possible, and to save you the expense of heavy 
local freight rates, a large line of fader Water Systems, is carried constantly in 
stock at such shipping points as Boston, Mass., Springfield, Mass., Richmond, Va., 
Owego, N. Y., St. Paul, Minn., Fort Dodge, Iowa, Kansas City, Mo., Portland, 
Ore., Spokane, Wash., San Francisco, Cal., and other central points, as well as 
the large stock constantly on hand at the factory, Decatur, Ill. 


I have installed a LEADER WATER 
SYSTEM No. 115, operated by hand pump, 
using a tank 36 inches by 6 feet, total 
capacity 315 gallons. ‘The system cost me 
$80.00. A range boiler cost $6.40, the 
extra pipe and fittings $11.90, and freight on 
outfit was $5.48. Money could not buy my 
outfit. It does all you claim for it. I carry 
about 40 pounds pressure, and do not average 


over five minutes per day pumping. 
Yours truly, 
Erwin F. Srravs, 
Montandon, Pa. 


German Lutheran Normal School, 
Addison, Illinois 


Located at Addison, twenty miles west of 
Chicago, on the Illinois Central suburban line, 
is the Normal School of the German Luth- 
eran Church. Numbering about three hundred 
students as their resident membership, an 
adequate supply of running water is very 
essential. 

It is necessary to supply water for drinking 
purposes, kitchen, sanitary, sprinkling and fire 
protection. Where so many students spend 
most of the year in dormitory and school room, 
a first class plant is necessary. 

The two large LEADER pneumatic tanks, 
each 8 feet in diameter and 36 feet long, are in- 
stalled in a half-basement addition to the main 
building. One of these is used for the daily supply 
and the other is kept under higher pressure for fire 
protection. The pump is located in a detached 
pump house, being operated by a gasoline engine. 

So well pleased are the president and directors 
that they contemplate extending the pipe line to 
supply a number of homes of members of the 
faculty located near by. 


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for use where electric power is avail- 

able, for pumping from shallow well 
or cistern. An automatic controller can 
be furnished with this outfit to stop and 
start the motor, being controlled by the 
pressure in the tank. This outfit is often 
used to furnish rain water to city dwellings 
and to increase the city water pressure in 
apartment houses. Being noiseless, this 
combined motor and pump is very popular 
and can be used in the suburbs or country 
if electric power can be had. The outfit 
as shown has a tank with a total capacity 
of 295 gallons and a working capacity of 
200 gallons. A larger or smaller tank can 
be furnished and also a different size of 
the combined motor and pump. 


GQ FIGURE 185-E is adapted 


San exhaustive 
actory investigation 


\ they decided to install 
is especially re- a Leader Water System. 
quired by golf and Their architects, A. W. Black 
country clubs. Where so & Son, St. Louis, say, “The 
much water is used for club Leader Water System installed at the 
house, sanitary and sprinkling purposes and Glen Echo County Club, Normandy, Mo., has 
fire protection, the LEADER WATER SYS- proven after a six months trial to be entirely 
TEM is found to be indispensable. Hence satisfactory.” Suggestions and estimates for 
the large number of such clubs already using it. such installations are made without charge. 

The Glen Echo Country Club, located just | We can also furnish a competent engineer to solve 
out of St. Louis, at Normandy, Mo., is one of _ difficult problems, prepare plans and specifica- 
the largest and wealthiest in America. After tions, and superintend the erection if desired. 


Is the fLader pate. System, the One to Buy? 


Does it not appear reasonable to you that the very best water system you can buy 
1s none too good for your lifelong use? It may seem to you that a tank is a tank and 
a pump apump. While different makes may look alike, they do not necessarily 
work alike. There is a vast difference in some of them; there must be some differ- 
ence in all of them. 

To protect yourself and avoid any chance for dissatisfaction, insist that the 


water supply 


I have had your Leader Water System in 
use now for four years and ean truthfully 
recommend it as the best system for water 
supply in country homes. The capacity of my 
tank is 300 gallons, and I think the pump and 
necessary fixtures were $80.00. Juse a hand 
power pump. 

Yours truly, 
A. A. BAKER, 
Colchester, Conn. 


Mr. Baker isa Trustee and also Treasurer of 
Bacon Academy at Colchester. 


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water system you buy carries the feader trade-mark and is covered by the guarantee 


of the feade- Don ffirks,. It might cost a few dollars more, but you will get 


your money’s worth in quality. 


Leader fffite. Systems, cannot be as carefully and honestly built as they no 


are and be sold for less money. It is not 
a question with us of how cheap, but how 
good they can be made The satisfaction of 
our customers is our best advertisement. 

To you — right now — we say: Fill in 
the information blank — mail it to us to- 
day — we’ll do the rest. 


Mr. L. A. Thompson, Glen Cove, N. Y., 
whose home is shown here, says: 

“IT wish to. say that the LEADER 
WATER SYSTEM seems to be giving the 
very best satisfaction in every way. I find that 
we have a range of about 1500 to 1700. gallons 
that is usable from an air pressure ranging from 
15 to 25 pounds. We are very much pleased 
with the operation of the system so far, and 
there is no doubt but that it will continue to 
serve us well. It is certainlya great im- 
provement to have the water supply coming 
from a tank beneath the ground over the old 
system of wood tank storage in the air.” 


Mrs. A. J. Bolton owns this beautiful resi- 
dence on Canandaigua Lake, New York, with 
residence near Rochester, New York, and says: 

“T cannot speak too highly of the LEADER 
WATER SYSTEM installed in my residence 
on the lake. Eight minutes’ work with the 


engine each morning provides enough water for 
twenty-four hours for bathroom, laundry, kit- 
chen and gas machine. Only when the garden 
hose is used do we run the engine oftener 
during the day.” 


UTFIT FIGURE 135-E is operated 

by an Ericsson hot air pumping en- 

gine. This is especially desirable 
where large quantities of water are needed 
and especially on the farm. The engine 
meets every demand that any pumping en- 
gine of equal capacity cansupply. Theen- 
gine can be equipped with a burner for 
either gas, gasoline, wood, or coal, and re- 
quires little attention. The tank shown is 42 
inches in diameter and 12 feet long, with a 
total capacity of 865 gallons and a work- 


ing capacity of 575 gallons. 


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Two School Buildings using 


Leader ffter. Systems, 


The first picture shows the Eastport Hign Schoo: at Annapolis, Maryland, supplied by a - 
LEADER WATER SYSTEM, using a LEADER-DOMESTIC combined engine and pump 
having a capacity of 1200 to 1500 gallons per hour. The LEADER tank used is 48 inches in 
diameter and 10 feet long, being buried in the ground with one end projecting into the cellar. 
The pump and engine are located in a pump house, over a dug well 50 feet from the building. 
The school has an attendance of about 200. 

Here is what a member of the Board of Education at East Bloomfield, New York, has to 
say about the plant installed in their building: ‘“The LEADER WATER SYSTEM in the new 
high school building has been in operation since the beginning of the school year, and has given 
perfect satisfaction. It furnishes water for all purposes in all parts of the building at all times. 


In this building we have the luxury of city water in a country village.” 
(Signed) Harry G. CHarin. 


Whether the school is large or small, costly or plain, in city or country, there is an ever present 


need for running water. Water with ample pressure is a necessity for drinking purposes, sani- 
tation and fire protection, and there is a size and capacity in a LEADER WATER SYSTEM 
adapted to every school 


Mr. Fred C. Fisher, Third Ave. and 169th 
St., New York City, is the owner of the beautiful 
summer home shown herewith. He says: 
“The LEADER WATER SYSTEM you in- 
stalled in my country residence last spring is 
giving entire satisfaction, and I have recom- 
mended the system to several friends of mine 
who will install the same next spring. I shall 
always be pleased to furnish any information 
you care to refer to me, and show the outfit to 
any person you may wish to send.” 


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